(Sun Journal, 11 April) Bethel Church of the Nazarene in Maine provides an estimated 5,000 pounds of food to as many as 90 families per month through their Bethel Food Pantry ministry.

The pantry also provides weekend meals for the local “BackPack Program,” which helps students who may be underserved at home.

“We want the Bethel community to be a place where everyone can eat healthy food,” said Bonnie Pooley, Bethel Food Pantry coordinator. “If there’s any one goal, it’s that we love this community and we want it to be strong and we want everyone to be taken care of.”

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The Church of the Nazarene is a Protestant Christian church in the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition. Organized in 1908, the denomination is now home to about 2.5 million members worshipping in more than 30,000 local congregations in 162 world areas.